Category Archives: photography

quick links for nikon bodies / lenses compatibility

i was doing some research for a few friends on nikon bodies and which ones require AF-S lenses for supporting autofocus, versus ones that can use any AF lens and autofocus. Here are a few links: http://www.bythom.com/currentdslr.htm http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/compatibility-lens.htm personally, i’d spend the extra cash to … Read More

week 24 maternity shots

we finally got around to doing another set of maternity shots. here are some quick shots from tonight.

joe, chase, and the dangers of the iphone

in a weird coincidence, two of my favorite photographers, chase jarvis and joe mcnally, both had separate incidents while taking photographs with their iphones.   

new pictures on flickr

surprise, surprise, i actually took a few pictures over the weekend. the first set is from a trip to have dinner with our friends on friday night. we drove through castlewood canyon to their ranch, so some of the shots are from the trip, others … Read More

weekend shots

i actually did some shooting this weekend, much to my enjoyment. yesterday i wanted to play around with lighting a white seamless background. since i didn’t have a model (or a way to trigger the shutter release wirelessly with the new camera), i used a … Read More

good tutorials for shooting white seemless

http://www.zarias.com/?cat=13

website changes

i’m moving things around a bit on the website. you may have already noticed if you went to blog.kettlepot.com and came here, or if you came here looking for pictures and found the blog. i’ve decided to make the kettlepot sites my blog, and will … Read More

another show, another poster

cct is presenting music man in two weeks. we did headshots of the kids, and also took a shot for the poster and flyers. this is the final flyer.

classic photos done with legos

too cool http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/

slow start to the new year

i’ve been catching up on all the photography podcasts that i have been neglecting (there is a list on the right hand side of the blog), trying to get motivated again (especially after dropping the cash for the new d700 and now a new lense). i pulled … Read More

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poster making

i spent some time tonight working on a poster for the school’s production of fame. the inspiration for the poster is the one on the cct website, although admittedly this looks nothing like that. i think i need to find a different picture of the … Read More

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more headshots

  i finally processed some of the headshots for fame over the weekend. some of the shots were with the old d70, most were with the new d700. it was amazing how different the RAW files were.  once again, portrait professional did a nice job … Read More